Easy Single Serving Sugar Cookie Recipe
This tasty single serving sugar cookie recipe is made with a few simple ingredients, a bowl, a parchment paper lined baking sheet, and a wooden spoon. I make these cookies without an electric mixer or food processor, all you need is a wooden spoon for mixing. This small batch sugar cookies are a bit bigger than most of my other cookie recipes because they go fast and keep nicely for a few days.
My easy sugar cookie recipe bakes 6 large-sized cookies, or 12 smaller cookies perfectly on a quarter-sheet pan. Absolutely, the best sugar cookies for the first-time baker. The best part is no stand mixer needed!
Simple Ingredients
- The ingredients for this easy recipe are basic and you probably have almost everything in your pantry.
- The fresh-squeezed orange juice can be substituted with 2 teaspoons of frozen orange juice, orange extract, or bottled orange juice. if you want a plain sugar cookie, leave out the orange juice.
- For a little different flavor, you can substitute lemon extract or almond extract.
Additions
- You can frost the cooled cookies with a super easy sugar cookie frosting; combine room temperature cream cheese, powdered sugar, orange extract, and vanilla extract. Use a wooden spoon to mix it all until smooth a creamy.
- Or, try a simple royal icing by whisking together 1 egg and a teaspoon of lemon juice until frothy. I like to do this part with a small hand mixer on low speed. Gradually add a total of 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar until the icing is smooth and glossy. This simple icing is easy and tasty.
- You can use cookie cutters to cut-out these yummy homemade sugar cookies in different shapes.
Instructions
In a medium bowl, combine the softened butter, granulated white sugar, vanilla, and egg. (you can substitute an egg yolk) Use a wooden spoon to mix all the ingredients thoroughly. Next, add the orange zest and orange juice to the butter mixture and mix until creamy and smooth.
In a separate bowl whisk together the all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Use a wooden spoon and mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
Cover bowl with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
Remove from refrigerator and use a cookie scoop to form uniform-sized balls and place them on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
Use the bottom of a glass, lightly dusted with flour, and press the cookie dough balls down to form a circle.
Place the baking sheet with the unbaked orange sugar cookies in the refrigerator while you preheat the toaster oven to 350° degrees Fahrenheit. Bake on the middle rack for 15-18 minutes or until light golden brown and have crispy edges.
How to store the baked sugar cookies
The unfrosted baked cookies can be stored in a airtight container at room temperature and will stay fresh for a couple of days. If frosting the cookies, you should refrigerate them for up to 2 days.
FAQ’s
Yes, you can! Lay the cookies in a single layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet and place them in the freezer until frozen. Transfer the frozen cookies into a Ziploc freezer-safe bag. You need to freeze them in a single layer so they don’t all freeze together.
Be sure to label and date the containers. Cookies can be frozen for u to a month.
This happens when there is not enough flour to hold the melted butter. In a small batch recipe, there isn’t much room for error so measure out the flour exactly by spooning it into the measuring cup and leveling off with a knife.
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Orange Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter softened
- 1 egg white lightly beaten
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 teaspoon orange extract
Instructions
- In a medium bowl combines the butter, sugar, vanilla, and egg. Use a wooden spoon to thoroughly mix.
- Mix in the orange zest and orange juice into the butter mixture.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Use a wooden spoon and mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Cover bowl and place cookie dough in refrigerator and chill for 30minutes.
- Remove from refrigerator and use a cookie scoop to form uniform-sized balls and place them on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.
- Use the bottom of glass, lightly dusted with flour, and press the cookie dough balls down to form a circle.
- Place baking sheet with cookies in the refrigerator while you preheat the toaster oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bake on middle rack for 15-18 minutes or until slightly brown around the edges.
Notes
Nutrition
More easy cookie recipes include my cream cheese cookies and the scrumptious chocolate fudgy cookies.
I followed the recipe exactly and the dough spread into one giant cookie sheet cookie after only 10 minutes in the oven. I was able to salvage this disaster by quickly grabbing my cookie cutters and cutting into shapes. Something is definitely off in the ratio of butter to flour.
Hi Linda,
I’m sorry that happened to you.i’ve made this recipe several times and never had that happen! What method did you use to measure the flour?